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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-producer-responsibility-obligations-packaging-and-packaging-waste-regulations-2024/regulation-34",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2024/9780348264654",
  "legislation_title": "The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-producer-responsibility-obligations-packaging-and-packaging-waste-regulations-2024",
  "path": "regulation/34",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Record keeping obligations",
  "text": "(1) A producer (“P”) of a class specified in the first column of Table 1 must, in relation to the packaging specified in the corresponding entry in the second column, collect the data specified in the paragraphs of Schedule 4 listed in the corresponding entry in—\n(a) the third column, if P is a large producer; or\n(b) the fourth column, if P is a small producer.\nTable 1\nData to be collected by large and small producers\nClass of producer\nPackaging in relation to which data collection obligation applies\nDescriptions of data to be collected by a large producer (references are to paragraph numbers in Schedule 4)\nDescriptions of data to be collected by a small producer (references are to paragraph numbers in Schedule 4)\nBrand owner\nPackaging for which P is a producer by virtue of regulation 16.\n2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13\n2, 5, 7\nPacker/filler\nPackaging for which P is a producer by virtue of regulation 17.\n2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13\n2, 5, 7\nImporter or first UK owner\nPackaging for which P is a producer by virtue of regulation 18.\n2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13\n2, 5, 7, 11\nDistributor\nPackaging for which P is a producer by virtue of regulation 19.\n2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13\n2, 5, 7, 11\nOnline marketplace operator\nPackaging for which P is a producer by virtue of regulation 20.\n2, 3, 4, 8, 11, 12, 13\n2, 3, 4, 11\nService provider\nPackaging for which P is a producer by virtue of regulation 21.\n2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 ,11, 12, 13\n2, 5, 7, 11\nSeller\nPackaging for which P is a producer by virtue of regulation 22.\n11, 12, 13, 14\n11, 14\n(2) A producer must keep any data which the producer is required to collect under paragraph (1) for at least 7 years after the end of the reporting period to which the data relate.\n(3) If P is a large producer who is a brand owner, packer/filler, importer or first UK owner, distributor, online marketplace operator or service provider, P must—\n(a) retain evidence—\n(i) of the amount of relevant packaging waste which P has collected from consumers and sent for recycling as referred to in regulation 62(2), and reported on under paragraph 12 of Schedule 4;\n(ii) that the relevant packaging waste referred to in paragraph (i) has been recycled; and\n(b) keep that evidence for at least 7 years after the activity to which the evidence relates.\n(4) In paragraph (3)(a), “relevant packaging waste” means—\n(a) reusable packaging which has been used at least once and has become waste; or\n(b) any other packaging waste which is collected from households for recycling by less than 75% of the relevant authorities in the United Kingdom responsible for waste collection,\nbut, subject to regulation 136(2), not including drink containers made from any material other than glass.\n(5) If P is a liable producer for the purposes of Part 5, P must retain records of recyclability assessments carried out in accordance with regulation 25(3) for at least 7 years after the record is made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348264654/regulation/34",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:40:28.668627+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}